Convert barleycorn to shaku (Japan length)
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Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for shaku (Japan length):
The Japanese word shaku means "measure". It is used as a unit of length, area and volume. As a unit of length, the shaku is the Japanese foot, equal to 10/33 meter.